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Globalisation and film policy in Greater China (Film policy in Great China…

Globalisation and film policy in Greater China

Globalisation and the state

The International film market and film policy making

The political economy of film markets in Greater China

Film policy in Great China

China's film policy

HK's film policy

Taiwan's film policy

comparative analysis:The film policies of China, HK, and Taiwanshare both similarities and differences

Convergent Side

They all acknowledge :the trends of globalization andthe powder of the markettheir support for the domestic film industry equally reveals a strong economic logic

Government censorship constitutes an integral element of each market's film policy

Divergent side

The three governmentstackle the balance between economic and cultural imperatives of film policyin fundamentally different ways.

HK focus primarily on the economic imperative

Taiwan gears more towards the cultural imperative

China somewhere in between

Implementing their support for the local film IndustryResort to different approachs

HK: Being the free market in the worldRrestrains from intervening directly in the operation of the film market.Adopt pro-competitive, deregulatory measures to improve the market environment for film businesses.Financial support,facilitate film production and collaboration.

China market is the least open.Instituted various barriers to restrict the entry of foreign films and a complicated licensing system to control the industry as a whole.

Censorship

HKA strong social concern and aims to protect public morality and children

China TaiwanEntail a mixed bag of cultural, social and political preoccupations and are much more restrictive in nature

HK TaiwanAcknowledge the consumer's freedom to choose and the need to balance between censorship and creative freedomChina: absent from the Chinese rhetoricTaiwan's caseThe government also incorporates a positive approach in its censorship by rewarding films with desirable contents.

Film policyReflect the political economy of the local context and contains its own contradictions.

HKFully liberalized its film market and committed to minimal government interventionPolicy does not provide substantial financial support for the local film industryLack of a strong cultural Identity: (Uncertain about its own cultural identity and thus have little desire to confirm its Chinese cultural heritage through its film policy.)May fatal to the revitalisation of its film industryFind its own cultural niche. Exploit the potential of the Chinese market

TaiwanSome of the government's political agendas also creep into its film policy and interfere with the goal of promoting local film(eg. making art films rather than popular cinema)financial support goes to local films that win international awardsdo poorly at the box office and are shunned by local exhibitorsShowcase its cultural image on the international stage rather than public discourse.

ChinaEnormous competitive advantages:baked by a huge domestic market.

China TaiwanFilm policy can be easily hijacked by the government to implement its political and ideological agendasIn practice, the line between the economic, cultural and political dimensions of film policy tends to be veru blurred and precarious to maintainFend off foreign competitionRigorous censorship() can create an unhealthy culture of self-censorshipApolitical filmliberalisation of government censorship.